From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 04 2009 - 09:27:33 CDT

Hi,
  Did you remember to enable "FLTK" in the compilation options?
What output do you get from the command "vmdinfo options"?

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 04:00:56PM +0200, Pieter van 't Hof wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I downloaded the source code from 1.8.7, compiled the plugins, and
> eventually managed to compile vmd itself (after altering the Makefile
> for some references as TCL include dir, etc)
>
> Now, when I start VMD from the command line, only the OpenGL window
> shows up. Normally one could open the main window by typing "menu main
> open" in the vmd command prompt. However, this has no effect. When the
> menu list is requested, the main menu is not listed. How is this
> possible? Is this a known problem? I've tried several other menu's (like
> "menu imd on" etc. This al works fine.
>
> Below the output of a session where I tried to open the main menu.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Pieter van 't Hof
> MSc student
> Utrecht University, The Netherlands
>
>
> ===
>
> Info) VMD for LINUX, version 1.8.7 (September 4, 2009)
> Info) http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> Info) Email questions and bug reports to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Info) Please include this reference in published work using VMD:
> Info) Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD - Visual
> Info) Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1, 33-38.
> Info) -------------------------------------------------------------
> Info) Multithreading available, 2 CPUs detected.
> Info) Free system memory: 1643MB (83%)
> Warning) Detected X11 'Composite' extension: if incorrect display occurs
> Warning) try disabling this optional X server feature.
> Info) OpenGL renderer: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965GM GEM 20090326 2009Q1 RC2
> x86/MMX/SSE2
> Info) Features: STENCIL MDE CVA MTX NPOT PP PS GLSL(OVF)
> Info) Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
> Info) Textures: 2-D (2048x2048), 3-D (256x256x256), Multitexture (8)
> vmd > menu list
> apbsrun contactmap hbonds ilstools irspecgui multiseq namdenergy
> namdplot pmepot gofrgui ramaplot rmsd rmsdtt saltbr symmetrytool
> sequence timeline volmap biocorelogin biocorechat biocorepubsync
> biocoreutil dataimport pdbtool stingtool multitext autoionize solvate
> autopsf cggui dowser_gui inorganicbuilder membrane mergestructs
> molefacture mutator nanotube paratool autoimd imd namdgui qmtool
> navigate navfly cliptool clonerep colorscalebar dipwatch intersurf
> vmdmovie multimolanim palettetool ruler viewmaster vdna tkcon
> vmd > menu main on
> vmd > menu main status
> off
> vmd > exit
> Info) VMD for LINUX, version 1.8.7 (September 4, 2009)
> Info) Exiting normally.
>
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